On this page
- Departments (2)
-
Text (6)
-
, l THE NORTHERN STAR. December 16, 1848...
-
1 srobinaai InuWStnce.
-
,n,m*i,moruln_,- bout. v^to^ J, ,men.men...
-
IreUtrtr.
-
Joai Packiko.—The demonstration against ...
-
THE LATE APPALLING LOSS OP LIFE ON BOARD...
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
, L The Northern Star. December 16, 1848...
, l THE NORTHERN STAR . December 16 , 1848 s * W .. ___^——__ — _»_—»_____ — _—_ u __ — ______¦¦««——s—»—» IS _ a ^ '" '" —————— —— - ——_— - »— - »¦ —— — »—¦_ —_ ______^
1 Srobinaai Inuwstnce.
1 srobinaai InuWStnce .
,N,M*I,Moruln_,- Bout. V^To^ J, ,Men.Men...
, n , m * i , moruln _ ,- bout . v ^ to ^ J , , men . men . women , «^ ^ i ° '_ Sdi _ the neighbour „_ . tc _ g . ton C ^^»^ ^ i ? 1 t _ . ferry ^ ffi ^^ aS ^^^ totatttaM ,,, " ^ oslt ^ MlteYort-t tKe . e MiUg _ Acc 8 raiDg Wri « 0 river faoH £ * £ ££ ____ , Charles IrelsRd , there „«_ ««_ »*•*» " * ^ ' fiS personsia the boat besides S ^ i fs fourt ^ year . of age . A . the boat ' ebotetoatman desired them all to be as quiet as possible , dans danger mUh ' . be the constquence . There was a res-! l mod moored near the spot , which turned the current of , e tit * river , aad jastss they pushed oi ? , and when they » d goid got a few j » id » -cress tha rlvtr , the current which boat
_ s las l-reied fey the vest-, ea __ bl Ao stem of - » nfc : whisk tbey were seat d , The boat immediately avedaved aside , and a simultaneous movement was immeiatrlyatrly madefo the oiher end . tni aU crowded together one ooeconwt . tbe boat UusudbVUs capsi-id , and every ml wnl was precipitated into the stream . Tae shrieks and ius oks of the unfortunate people were hea < trending , and TOgroogbt several ptrsoas who were near the rpot to their _ ut-i » t > nee ; bat it being q . _ to dark at the time very little » lo tab ceuldbe attended to them . - < 4-t of tha indiridusla !_ y tly wtre saved on' - of the tw . jBtj . six who w « rs in the uat . nt . The rest endeavoured to save themselves by iiasuasing to tbo boat or anything that might bs within sac ^ c * . tut were almost immediately carried down the iver Ver by the tida , and were no more seen . The boatman uanaianagtd to reach the shore with iho greatest difiwulty , itd « d was saved , but be is In a very dangerous state .
Ik < Ikccsst oh thb BvMtt Eons .. —Oa Friday , D ; c . 8 . Stwt twelve o'clock , Mr Tboruey , Coronfr , assembled a nry try at the IWu Deer Tavern , fa the Groves , to fcqiuxa nto ito tbe rfrcsmstances of tbe deaths ef ihe following ndividividuals , wSose bodies have been found : —William imitinith . 21 ; Mary D « r , 22 ; C-therlce Darr , 29 ; Maria lye . ' ye It ; and Frederick Atkinson , 12 . The jury having ieeneen sworn proceeded to view tho bodies , and , oa return . ag . 'S , witnesses were examined , who ideatified tho bodies ¦ f ttf the deceased . The first witness called was John \ : a . t £ ates , who said—lam a cotton spinner , living ! n Cl .-veianssnd Street , in the Groves . I work et the Kingston IJotCotton Mills , and galng to my work in tbe morniog I : iaviave to cross the river Hull . I cross by a ferry-boat at
IrTiWilkinsoa ' s ship yard , and pay sixpence a week for lieloemg ferried over . Yesterday morning , about six o ' clock , ¦ j- o- a little before , I got into the boat to cross the ferry . IChChe six o ' clock bell was falling at the time . Aft-s I had irotfot Into the boat * great many parties came to cross jvejver after me . I was tbe third in the boat . cT _ o boat jefoeforewe started was quite full , more se than the boat . sasaa wanted . The boatman frequently said that he lamou'd not carry any more , and desired no one else te get n . n . All who were in the boat worked at tho Kicgiton CJoCotfon _ ti la , I heard one or two people say . If they did nauat go by that boat they would loss a « quarter * by being tcoco late . Tbo boatmaB got the boat tff ce soon as he
Mcould . There wtre twenty-six or tweatj-seven persons [ n / o . asnearas I can teU . There was no rope used in gegetting the boat across on this occasion . The wafer was rurunnlcg d « wn very rapidly . I did net see a sloop next rhtbequay . The persons in the boat were very quarrel-8080238 when tbejgot into the boat , and the boatman frequently told them to he quiet . I den ' t thick he is at BlBu to blame . He pushed her eff , and whin the boat got ininfo the middle of the stream she' heeled' over ia conseqqaeaceof the pushing and qaarrelling oi the persons who viwere in . If they bad been qaiet it weald not hare fca ? - ppened . There were several people left on the share who o could not get into the boat . It was very dark at the _ time . I do cot think asy dspg- r arose from the want of Wights , far we have crossed the ferry when it has been
ddark-r than yesterday morning . I have also gone over with more people in the host than we had yesterday . I nam sure If tbe people bad behaved themselves and kept qqilet , it wonld not have happened . Sarah Wood had Mold of my leg , but I was obliged to push her eff cox she would have drownei me also . It is a very { good boat . I am sore it originated entirely in t their larking about . Vfe had so occasion for a rope 3 yesterday m ro ' cg to get the boat over . —Charles Ire-1 land , the ferryman , was the next witness , who said—I ] live In Church Street , Wiacoimlee . Yesterday , when i about nineteen parsons had got into tbe boat , I requested that no more should come , as we ware lull enough . A . great number , however , persisted in getting in , and _ lere were atout twenty-four or twenty-five pen ens
altogether . Wa pushed off about the length ef a vessel , v-ea thtj- ell began ta jamp about and cro » d en one side . I told them many times to ha . ilet , but they would not , and when we got into the middle of tbe stream tbe toat eapslsfd . I hsve frequently carried over more than I had yesterday during the same state of the tide . The factory people are generally very unruly and mischievous . There would not have teen the least denger if tbey had been qnict . Some were left behind , and many got in by main force , for I could not Step them off . The factory bell began to ring e » we poshed off . Some of the peeple were rather later than usual . It was not too dark to get over , r . nd if they had been quiet we should hare got over safely . We some , times experience inconvenience at night frem the want of light . I did not need a rope at that state ot the tide . as it was not low eaough . The want of a rop * had
nothing whatever to do with ths sceHeat . —The C reset said—A * far as I see there fs no h . ame attached to yon . —Casiiea Wfld then ssifl—I got Into the boat a little before six o ' clock , and there were aboutfifteta or twenty . persons in then . Tbe boat was then aground in con . Sequence of the comber cf people who were ia her , and the boatman begged of them not to get ia . They , bowever , would go , snd about twenty-five cr twenty-six of them got into the boat . They were very unruly , and When we got into themWdle of the xinr , iome cried cut tbe bwt waa filling . They all then crowded on ene side , and the bast capsized Immediately . I am of opla ' on that the aeddest would nat have cccuredifthey had beta quiet . They were pushing and larking shout until the boat went over . The boatman several times begged of them to be quiet . —Here the Coroner considered other ¦ rid ,- _ ca snsaceitszy . aad a verdict ef ' Accidentall y drowned * wasretnrned .
A sec » 0 » o , o _ et was held before the same jury as tneprecadingone , atMr Page ' s , Victoria Gardens , Sotton Sank , on the bodies of Bansah Burke , 13 ; E . izi Ann Wu-huon , 13 , and Anne Moore , 18 ; the renwialog three who have been picked np . The jury having viewed tha bodies of tbe deceased , witnerses as to identity were exanuned , after which the same evidence as in the previous case was heard , a _ d the jury returned tbe Sine Vttf—ttt . —The following are the names of those who Were onboard at the time of the tccsrresce io far as we have ascertained : Charles Ireland , the ferryman . William Smith , 21 years of age , residing in Hoofl Street , who has left a widow , to whom he ha * only been married six masks ; Ettzibeth Jackson , 2 i years of sge ; Catherine
Durr , 20 ; Maria Clark , 18 ; Mary Darr . 22 ; Maria Darr , 18 ; BridgistDarr , 19 ; Emma P / ace , 15 : Sarah Wood 22 ; Hanaah Burke , IS ; Maria Pye , 14 ; E-izabath WU . li—nicn , 15 ; J « ae Moore , 23 , married ; Ann More 16 , married Frederick Atkinson , 12 ; Isaac Mason ) 17 ; Jasne * Mason , 20 ; James Elliott Clark , 43 ; James B-aek , 18 ; David Pye , 47 ; Joseph Pjace , 17 ; William Place , 19 ; H chs * I Ease , 19 ; 0 arret * Sueely , 17 ; John Yates 37 ; Ciarlea Wild , 26 ; John Pdlon , 2 d : J > hn Woodhead , 19 : Thomas Harrop , 20 . It is thought there have beea three otherpersons lost who were passing over . ThefoUonlE _ are the names of those whose bodies hare not yet h « u found : — EKiiDMh Jfle _ sa _ , MmU aar _ , Msria Darr , Banna Place , Sarah Wood , Jane Moore .
Htranrs , aho Cshsimai or the McanEara . —Same persona were drin _ ing on Taaifay night week at Bat" , mintoa , whea a quarrel -rose , and some time afterwards oae of the party , named J Watts , was found dead and covered with blood in the tavern yard . Another of the drinkers , named Hobbs , was takes into custody , and a verdict of wilful murder has since beenretnrned by a jury . Hotbs i « now In gaol awaiting trisl on the capital cmee . Firi at Weaid Ham- —Binrrrosn , Friday , D £ c 8 . —Last night a fira broke out at tbis fine old mansion j -tnate within a sole of this townand the seat of Mr
, C . T . Tower , which for some tfino threafcntd the whole with destruction . The flames were at first discovered bursting out iu some premises at the hack of the mansion , which form part of a courtyard , and comprise tbe extentive stabling , coach-houses , and other boHdlng * . Bytheas-stance of the East India Cempany ' a troops , at Warley , tbe destrocttoa was stayed , and though , the dsmsge done la very considerable , ihe -enxeitself is little Injured , and thus the fine paintings and other valuable objects of virtu which it contains are untouched . Tbe fire is understood to have ori ginated from a defect in the chimney .
St Aibasb Ba » k . —This bank ( ef which Mr Story was the sols proprietor ) stopped payment on Thursday . The even : is ascribed to the recent h . avy andnnforeseen cslls upon its resources , arising out of Mr Storj'i indlspositien , and aa erroneous impression that , there being no second name fa the sank , the creditors wonld , in tha event of Mr Story ' s death , be compelled to wait twelve months for the payment of their claims . The issue has been purposel y kept as low as possible , and is not more than £ 7 fi 0 . The whole Iiabliitlea of tbe bank do not , as weunderslaad , smonat to £ 10 , 000 , and every one wfll In the end he paid in full . —Hertfoid Jftreura .
RtiLWAx Accioest . —Another accident occurred en Wtdnesday night week oa ths Caledonian Railway . The Crawford Bridga was so far repaired as to admit of trains passing over it , but only one line of rails was restored to working order , canscquently up and down trains had to piss over tbe s _ me line . In order to prevent the possi--iiity of accident , Mr Aldlsoa stationed apoin ' -srnsn ct this ead of tha single line , aad gave orders that aa ? trains coming up wees to whistle as they approached the other end of the single lice , whereupon tbe poinuma- was ta procstu to the train and accompany It over . Poriher orders were given that no engine was to proceed
along tbeslngle line without the pointsman , and that hh ab-. esce from either end would indicate that ho was employed in bringing a teaia over the Hue . Tho train from Eiinburgh and G jugow , which is due in Carlisle at half put seven , arrived at the ether end of the single line , and the tn _ ina driver , aosordiog to Instruction ,, whistle ' , for ths poiatiinau , who BCcordXDgiy ; proceeded to the spot , and was bunging on the train . Meanwhile , Mr Wilist arrived with a ballast-engine at this s ! de of the single line , and not sning the pointsman at his post ^ he enquired if the train in qaesiion had pissed . He was inform ) - that it had , and bting anxious to jslu ths werk .
,N,M*I,Moruln_,- Bout. V^To^ J, ,Men.Men...
men at Laologton Bridge , about two hundred la num . ber , be proceeded along the single line , under the Impression that ths road was clear . He had not got far when , to bis great consternation , he perceived tha train rapidly approaching , and seeing that a collision was Inevitable , be immediately reversed the engine ; and with the driver and stoker leaped tff to save their lives ; In doing so they were more or lets injured , though , we arc glad to say , not to a very great extent . The driver of the eng ' ae attached to the train , on seeing the ballastengine approaching , adopted a almUsr course , reverting tie engine , hut unfa * innately _ egl « ctleg to ehut « S the steam at tbe same time , and he with his fireman and the pointsman likewise leaped off to save themselves from certain deitinotion ; The two engines met with a
tremendou ? crash . The ballast-engine was dashel top . eoes , whilst the other being attached to a heavy train of carrlsges , withstood the shock , and the moment after , having beenrerers : d and left with the steam in foil play , was seen rashlng-aci ths read lthadjuit traversed at the ahrmlpg rate ef fifty milts an hour , pushing along the carriages containing the . assengers . After proceed-In ? a few miles back at this rapid pace , the train came up to that part of the line where the points were accidentally se placed as to carry it lato a siding , where Its further progress was arrested by its coming in contact with some carriages which wore standing there . This was a most providential circumstance ; for , had not these points been Ieftas tbey were by some neglect , the train , ¦ w ithout a guide , would have rushed on towards the
wreck of Ismlngton Bridge , and not only would the Uvea of many of the workmen have been sacrificed , but the train and Its living contents wonld all have been engulfed in the torrent beneath , for thegsp which had been formed by the swelling of the wateta was at the time unrepaired . Tbe parties who jumped off the eagines suffered severely from the shock and contusions they received , whilst , strange to say , the passengers In tho train eastained co farther iojary than a severe shobing and a dreadful fright would occasion . The train was afterwards brought on to Carlisle , where it arrived about ten o ' clock , having been delayed two hours and a half . A GA-E-ElFi- COMHtTTW 70 % K 1-L 1 KG A PoACHZB . —On Thursday week , at Darham , Mr J . M . Favell , the eorontr , concluded an inquest respecting the death of a
poacher named John Coulsoa , who was shot by the head keeper of 0 . 8 a » viu , Etq ., of Croxdale Path . From the evidence taken it appeared that , on the 95 th nit ., the attention of Mr Boyd , the chief keeper at Mr Salvia ' s , was arouted between one and two o ' clock in the morning , fey heating the report of guna filing in the direction of his master ' s preserves . He immediately got op , and bavins e & Ued the gardentr , they -went In search of the parties who were firing , each taking a gun with tim . When they bad got into a wood an High C-cidate , they came In front of a parry of poacher * , who cried ont to them to stand back , or they would firs upon them . The keeper answered that be would not stand back , when one of tbe poachers discharged his gun , and the contents wounded Boyd in tbe bands , thighs , end
chest . He immediately fell to the ground , but raising himcelf parthlly up . he fired upon the poachers , who , with tbo exception of deceased , made off . He , however , waa found at a subsequent hour , in the wood , fiftees yards from the place where the affray took place , In a very exhausted state , from the blood which bad flowed from several gun-slot wounds . He was tcken to tbe infirmary , where he died the following day . The wounded keeper was also obliged to be removed to his heme , where he still remains in a very precarious condition . The surgeon proved that the deceased died from the wounds which had been Inflicted by the keeper , snd tbe jury , after a lengthened consultation , returned a verdict of 'Manslaughter' against Henry Boyd , and the coroner made out a warrant for his committal .
AccwiHT with Fibe Ai _ s . —Oa Wednesday week , Mr K . > bert Smith , of Pontefract , was shooting at Dorrington , iu company with T . Hall , Esq ., of Ponton , a magistrate of the West Biding , snd a servant of Mr Smith ' s , named William Balne . Mr Smith had marked the place where a pheasant had rested , and was approaching the spot with bis gnu at half-cock , when the hammer of one ef tbe barrels caught a bough—was pulled back and let fall upon tbe cap , discharging tha barrel and lodging nearly tbe whole if the contents in the heed of his nofortunate servant , and , of course , kUllnj him on the spot . ZAu inquest was held on the following day , when the jury returned a verdict of' Accidentally killed . '
Da-ihq Edbg-abt hea- Bishikqham . —Esrly on Wednesday morning week , the house of an old man named Sly , nsidicg near Shirley Street , about seven miles from Birmingham , was burglariously entered and robbed under extraordinary circumstances . Mr Sly is a small tenantfarmer , occupying Winfield farm , his sole companion in the house being a woman named Mary Shaw , nearly BS old at himself . About half-past two o ' clock Mr Sly was awoke from his sleep by a loud noise , and immediately felt the hand of a man upon bh throat . He soon ascer * tained that others , to the number of fenr or five , were in tbe room . The men , who had entered by means of a ladder tbroagh the bedroom window , were masked and pisiesscd of a atk lanthorn . On attamptUg to stir , tbe villains , presenting a pistol at Mr Slj ' a hsad , threatened to blow cut his brains if he made the slightest
alarm or resistrcca . They then , after blading him hand and foot with a cord , proceeded to rifle a box , from which they took SCO sovereigns , a quantity of deeds and other papers . In tbe meantime the housekeeper , who slept iu an adjoining reom , became alarmed , and begged of the thieves to spare the old gentleman ' s Ufa . In reply they threatened to shoot her with a pistol , which one Of them held ( O he * bHSJt . Her bends were likewise tied , and several other boxes were broken open . The burglars ufciequently Ieit the house by the back door , which « hey locked after them . In tbe course of half an hour Mr Sly managed to loosen the knot of the rape with which he was bound , and gave tie alarm to Mr Hltcham , a neighbour . Suspicion ft U upon fire men who were ceea about the premises some dsjs before , and from the deecriptiongivtn of them they were apprehended by the Birmingham police .
MtrasiB , ahd Afp-ehekbioit of the Supposed Mr / abeeeb . —P _ Es _ o _ r , WaxctsriXiBitc , Saturday , Dec . 9 . —The neighbourhood of this quiet town has been painfully excited by a barbarous murder , committed npoa the person of a young orphan girl , named Mary Ann stiight , aged sixteen years , who lived with her aunt , a Mrs Richards , lathe retired village of Broughton , about three miles from tbis town . The murder was committed on Tuesday night , and discovered on Wednesday afternoon , when the body of the yoorg woman waa discovered by a person lying in a dlteh by the side of a lane , and only a short distance from the tnrnplke-road . Aa inquest was commenced yesterday , before Mr Best , the county coroner , and a respectable jury , and it stands adjourned in order te afford time for tha
collaetlcn of additional evidence . The following la % brief narrative of the circumstances attending this tragic affair , as gleaned from the evidence of the witnesses examined on the isqaest yesterday . On Tuesday evenfug week last the deceased was sent by her aunt to the village shop to purchase some tea and sugar . The shop is about a mile distant from Mrs Rlchards ' s , asd she reached it about half-past four in the evening . Having made her little purchases , the deceased left the shop , and proceeded iu the direction ef h # r aunt ' s cottage but usver reached her destination . Mrs Richards , becoming alarmed at her protracted abieace , caused inquiries to be made , but no trace of the missing girl was obtained beyond tho village until Wednesday evening , when she waa found lying dead in a ditch , aa already
stated . The ditch contained a quantity of water , and tbe deceased ' s clothes were saturated with moiitare . Her basket , containing the purchases Of tea andSUgar , waa lying near her , Oa examination of the corpse , It was ascertained that death had been occasioned by a blow upon the head , with soma blunt Instrument , which had fractured the skull . Her bonnet was broken , and her clotaes were disordered . One of her eyes waa swollen , bat no marks of violence were observed on other parti of tbe body . Certain circumstances , which came to light ia tbe course of the search made by the police , led to a strong suspicion that a rasa named Robert Pulley had been concerned in the death of the deceased . The man , who ia about fifty years of age , formerly had a cottage lu tbe parish , but of late has slept in outhouses and barns ,
and got a Irving by doing odd jobs ef work for the neighboric ? f & nneis . He had been heard to threaten the deceased in consequence of soma supposed —tlsiudef . standing between them ; and on the Tnesday evening he was seen following the precise direction as that taken by the deceased after she had bought her stock ef groceries at the vlUage . Ou the road he eneounterad a eon of the landlord of the P . oagh and Harrow Inn , Broughton , and inquired of him if he had seen the de . ceased ( using nfiUhy t « m ) pais that way . The latter replied iu the affirmative , on whioh Pulley reiifoed ' !> ¦¦ ber ? If I light on her to-night , I'll glva her a « snowier . * She says I ' m jealous of her with a man at Broughton ; but HI give her a * tout' on the head , and then see what she ' ll think about it . ' This man was
traced by the police to tha adjolalng parish of Purvln , where he was found lying on some straw in a barn ' , where two men were at work threshing . While at their work the men were discussing the circumstances attending the marder , and must have been overheard by Pulley from Ms hiding-place . When taken into custody by the police , the prisoner had en two clean shirts and two smock frocks , one of which had marks of B ' oad upon it . He bad not the same clothes on when apprehended as were worn by him on the Wednndaj when he was drinking at the Coach snd Horses , Pars-ore . The inquest an the body of Mary Ana Staight , was resumed and clostd on Tuesday night at Broughton , before Charles Best , Esq ., coroner . Numerous witnesses proved that the prisoner was seen in the lane at Broughton , following the deceased on the night of the murder , and that blood was found upon a portion of his clothes next day . He had also been
heard to threaten the deceased frequently . Superintendent Harris , of the Worcestershire police , appre . bended the prisoner in a bam under some straw , at Purvln , naer Broughton . A constable who accompanied witness pulled out some straw , where be was lying . Prisener wore two ameck frocks . On the outer one were stains of blood oa tbe wristbsnd , aad there were ssme small spots of blood on other pans . The prisoner wore a ! ro a wais ' coat on which spots of blood wero very distinct . Witness told him he was —urged with Ihe marder of Mary Ann Staight , aad he replied that i Ha did not do it , ' On going along the road thoy met a person k-OWU to tha prisoner , W' -B called out to him , « Jack , I ' m going to be hanged . ' Thspiisoner when apprehended had on two clean shirts . T . Panwr , labourer , Identified ths stick found in the ditch , cs having formerl y belonged to him . When he last sa . v it it was l ying In a garden where
,N,M*I,Moruln_,- Bout. V^To^ J, ,Men.Men...
the prisoner was at work , Witnsfs need it as a mallet . The prlseaer here said that he had thrown It into a pear-tree . Tha breeches worn by the prisoner ha < > not been found , and It Is stated that tha prisoner has made aa admission to a stranger that he had thrown them into the river Avon , but the evidence not being satis , factory en that point W as not received . The jury after a short consultation returned a verdict of ' Wilful Murder against Robert Pulley . * DaBISO Assault ahd Robbebt . —On Friday week a most daring assault snd robbery was perpetrated iu open day , about one o ' clock , about a mile from Glasgow on tbe public road to Kirkintilloch . It appears that the Barony Parochial Board had a number of able bodied psor employed at out . door labour at Barnhll ) , en the
above road , and that day being pay . day , the porter , Dagald M'Gregor , was proceeding to that place , at the time atatid , with the money , amounting to £ U 10 s , in sliver and copper , for the payment of the men ' s wages . When turning the corner of the road , bejond the entrance to the Slg hthlll Cemetery , he was met by two men , one of whom threw tbe contents of a tin jug—a quantity of soot and wa'er — in his face , and then seizing him round tbe body , held him till hia accomplice rifled his pockets , and took possession of all the money he had , with which , after throwing him down , they both decamped . On the poor man gaining his feet and bis senses , the villains were oat of his view . The tuppaiUiO- it that they were two of tha able-bodied poor , who had the bestopportuulty of knowing M'Gwgor ,
the time he would be on the road , and the prize of which he waa likely to be possessed . As soon as Intelligence of the daring occurrence reached the central office , criminal officers , Hoghes and Mitchell , were despatched to the scene of tho outrage with the view of prosecuting suoh inquiries as might be deemed necessary for the apprehension of the robbers . The ground having ; ben carefully guns over , a bag containing between £ 11 and £ 12 of silver was found beside a hedge on the roadside , which must have bsen thrown away by the robbers in their rllg-Bt . A heavy snd formidable-looking weapon , familiarly known as a ' skull-cracker , ' was also found not fir from the place where the robbtry was committed . Through the exertions of the clHoers already named , one
of the tobfcert , a labourer , named Smith , was apprehended in the eenrsa of Saturday afternoon , and has \ een fully identified , both by the plundered party , and by a female , who , from a short distance , witnessed the assault . Smith is one of the unemployed labourers in the pay of the barony parochial board ; and bis share In the transaction waa first suspected from the olrcum . stance that he did not answer to his name at roll call , ahont the time the rohbery was committed . This fur . nlshed ac ' . ue to gal-e the movements of the poHoe ; and when he presented himself at work , as usual , on Satur . day afternoon , he was immediately apprehended . There are other two parties implicated , who are still at large ; but there Is every probability that tbey will not long remain so
Kefs * cicar Convicts . —Fitly of the worst characters from among the convicts on board the York hulk , wtre on Saturday , re ~ eved , under a strong military guard , to the railway station at Qosport , and thence to the Millbank prison , with a view to a systematic application of solitary confinement and compulsory , labour . Their ribaldry and noise on going through the street , on their way ta the train , were most offensive , Atbgcious aho Ihhdmah Mosses at Bbidgkoith . — Oi Monday , Mr Batte , coroner , held an inquttt tu 'the Townhall , touching the death of Ann Newton , aged 72 years . From the evidence which was adduced before the coroner , snd from other facts which have transpired , thtra la reason to believe , that a most inhuman murder has beea perpetrated , Tbe ptrson in custody on
suspicion is the daughter of the deceased . Her name is Catherine Mercy Newton ; she is about 40 years of age , and has never been married , though she has a daughter aged 16 . ears The father ef this child was the prlsonet ' a cousin , and shortly after the birth of the child shot himself . Tha deceased was about 72 jears of age , and had been a widow for upwards of SO years . She was la the receipt , under the will of her father , Thomas Edwards , ef the interest ef the sum of £ 500 , and was alto entitled to the half of a sum of £ 150 , open the death of her brother , which happened a few months age , and which sum it is believed had not been paid , The prisoner became entitled en the death of her mother , to £ 200 of the £ 500 , and to the Interest of the remaining £ 300 far life , and as she is her mother ' s only child who survived
their infancy , she if a ' 10 entitled to what other property her mother waa possessed of . For some years past she has been residing ( in the situation of housekeeper ) with a Mr Richard Dire , near the bridge over the Severn , at Bridgnorth . Mr Dyre , about two years ago , was at . tacked with apoplexy , snd has since then been paralysed and unable to walk or talk . Previously to that time Mr Dyre and the prisoner were the only inhabitants of the bouse , but since that event there has been another girl , ef the name of Corfwld , living with them , The deceased , for the last two or three years , had been living some , times in small houses alooe , and occasionally In lodgings , and is said to have been a weak-minded woman . She was in the habit of visiting her daughter occasionally at Mr Dirt ' s , sometimes with his knowledge , but generally
without , and now and then was permitted to stay all night , when she was In the habit of sleeping in the kit . chen , npoa a sofa , without undressing herself . On Monday last , when her death happened , the deceased was at Mr D / re ' s , as will be seen by tbe evidence . The coroner having briefly opened the proceedings , tho following evi . dence was adduced , Mary Ctffh Id deposed that she was a servaat In the employ of Mr Dyre , of Bridgenortb , she saw the deceased at half-past nine on the evening of Monday last , at which time she ( witness ) went to bed , deceased lying on the sofa in tbe kitchen ; she was not asleep , the prisoner , her daughter , was in the kitchen with her . At about two o ' clock Mr Dyre rang for wit . ness , and upon rising from the sofa where she had been to sleep , the wat almost « u _» c _ led with smoke , she
{¦ mediately ran down stairs ; the door at tbe bottom of tho stairs was shut , which was a very unasual thing . As soon at she opened the door she taw the cov « . r of the sofa on firs . The end of the sofa was about three quarters of a yard frem the fire , and It was burning at the end farthest from the fire . There was very little fire ia the grate . Did not see any one In the kitchen when she went down . There wa * n » candle burning , or much light on the fire . Witness gave an alarm that the house was oa fire , and went to call Mr Doughty , who came directly . When the returned the missed ths deceased , and upon going to search for her , she was found la the back yard , with her head lying In the brewhouie . She was quite dead . Shortly after witness went np stairs the previous evening to bed , the
h : srd the deceased cry eut , ' don't 1 * and immediately afterwards , the door at tbo bottom of the stairs was doled . Deceased cams to the house at tight o ' clock , She went into the kitchen whtre the saw htr daughter . Deceased gave her daughter a car d with the Lord ' s Prayer upon It , but the prisoner threw it upon the fire , saying , « that won't fill your belly I' Before supper the prisoner tent witness for a quart of ram , which was partially drank before they went to bed , D . oeastd and the prisoner lived npoa very bad terms , deceased fra . quently complained of her daughter ' s treatm at , The prlconer frequently told witness that she knew she should hfihuag for her mother . Had teen the prisoner beat her mother with a whip . On oae occasion she fetched the dactor , deceased had been to terloutly
beaten . —By a juror : Deceased had about 7 i . 6 d , peweek to live upon . A day or two before the occurrence witness fetched , according to the ptlsoner ' e directions , half a pint of lamp oil . It was aot used . Saw the jbottle in ] the fpantry on the day of the fire -, „ but on the following morning she t « w the empty bottle in the grate . There were marks of ell oa the pillow-case which lay upon the sofa . The pillow and sheets found In the yard were in the house when witness went to bed . —W . Doogbty said he was a nephew of Mt D ; re . He resided about 150 yards from his house . Had known the debated for several yean , Often been obli ged to go tc his uncle ' a to prevent tbe prisoner from Ill-treating her mother . The deceased told him that the prisoner had attempted to atrasgle her , and witness saw red marks
round her neck . At about two o ' clock on Tuesday morning the witness Corfield called htm up , eajing the houie was sn fire , and his uncle wonld be burned to deatb , Upon going to tha house he found all the doors closed and fastened . Witness tried to fo . ee op ; n oae oi the doort , when the prisoner opened the back deer . She did not speak ; bat on witness saying something about her having the bouse on fire , and having ber mother , she said , * What's my mother to me , ' Tbe girl Cjrfield then took a candle and went to the back do r , and alter a few seconds she came back screaming < ' s dead 1 tho ' t burnt to death , ' Witaest then went ent , and foaud deceased laving In the yard . Whan the prisoner knew that her mother was dead , she appeared quite unconcerned . She never said a word about her
en ther until the body was discovered , —Additional circumstances connected with this case have come out before the coroner , which tend to confirm the guilt 0 f the prisoner . Richard Bran , a police officer , oa going to the house , foand everything in confusion , the prlsonei ' o bed had not been slept la daring the night , and there were remains of burnt ragt , and matka o ! hlood , and so also was the prisoner ' s night dress . The prisoner wastipiy . Mr Newell , the surgeon ( Mayor ofBtieg . north ) , had known the deceased four or five years , Some time back he was called in to atUnd her , when he found ber so dreadfully beaten that large pieces of flesh were cat out of her arms , and on expostulating with the pri Boner , ahe repUed , she was sorry she had not finished her . HehadwlthMrColleymaaeatecondpoj { mo / ietn exaosiaatioiofthe tod y , and was of opinion that the cause of death was congestion of the Inngs and brain arising from suffocation , and that the burns took place after death
. Mr CoUey and Mr Thunlbld , surgeons who assisted at the examination of the body , were of the sameeplnlon . William Cafield had gone to the house of Mr DjrVs and had seea tho body of the deceased The prisoner called him to her , she pulled Wm by the frock , and , taking hlmrouul the neck , said , 'is she dead V On his replying yes she kissed him , and said ' I am as happy . as If I was la heaves . ' She was not sober . Edward Edwards , brother to the deceased said she was seventy . two years old . She was entitled nnder her father ' s will , to tho Interest of £ 500 , of which at her decease , £ 200 were to be paid over to tho prisoner who was also to enjoy the inKrist on the remaining £ 300 for lifo . The prisoner had on one occasion sai 0 % l him , « The old bitch had k-pt her out of the money till her hair was grey , and she should like to see her out iatofjur quarters / It having been intimated to the coroner that somevtry important evidence would bo brought forward atthe next inquiry , the court was ad . journed . Oa Tueiday evening , the inquiry in this case
,N,M*I,Moruln_,- Bout. V^To^ J, ,Men.Men...
wat retained at ths Town Hall , The following wit . neiscs were lamlned i—Mary CorfleW , ' ratesaUred , aboit seven er eight months ago , seeing ths prltoaer take tbe deceased ' s handkerchief off her seek or bead , pot ber In a large chair , and kneel upen her , She then put the silk handkerchief into the deceased's mouth , and would no doubt have tuffooatsd her if witaest had not threatened to raise an alarm , On Sunday last , noticed some footprinti on the floor of tbo kitchen , There are four marks and three prints of asked feet-They are in the direction leading from tho sofa to the eraw > h ? use . The marks are mado with oil or grease . When the floor it wet , the marks ate not visible . Tbe floor was very wet when the kitchen was examined , Tbey were first observed , by Mrs Doughty , —William
Doughty examined the prints on the floor of the kitchen , Tbey were prints of naked frst made with oil , —Mr Coley taia a question was put to the prisoner after the body was found . Oae of the partita prteent asked tbe prlso , ntr how it occurred , that the deceased was burned , and she answered , ' I was In bed , and came downstairs and found the kitchen in flsmes . ' —Evans , the policemen , said , when he examined the prisoner ' s bed on the morningof the fire , nobody had been In tho bed , but it appeared aa if some . ene had , been lying on the outside . When he was going to take her to the gaol , sbe said , ' Patslon , pasiion , I am very passionate , and as soon as my passion is over , I forgive directly , '—Mr Coley , tur . geon , on being recalled , said he was now rather Inclined to believe that the burn might have occurred during
life . —By Mr Hszlewood : The tongue and lips , and to far as witness could see Into , tho mouth , were burnt , Ceuld see about three quarters of an inch inside the moutb . That appearance was mora likely to exist if deceased had been burnt during life than after death , He thought to because the act of retpltatlon wonld Induce the fire to scorch tbe Inside . of the mouth in the mamaer he taw , and be thought the fUnus would not to burn the mouth of a dead parson . He thought the combustion of the things he taw burnt would tend to prorfuoe sleep . —B « . Momlned by tho coroner : Did not « a . mine the mouth with tbe view of ascertaining whether tbe deceased had inspired the flames . In cases of suffocation the tongue frequently swells and protrudes . He atslstedMrThursfiildand Mr Newell in making the
further jwi { mortem examination . The parts examined were the ohest and head . The lungs presented a very gorged appearance . The heart was healthy . He wat of opinion that death waa produced by congestion of the lungs and of the brain , and of caurse not by burning . He did not think it possible for any person in the air to voluntarily suffocate themselves . Be thought the de . ceased died from tnffocstlon . —W . Thurtfiold . Ejg ., recalled : Had observed the appearances about the mouth of the deceased . The texture of the Hpt was destroyed and consumed , and the tongue bamed , bat he did Dot believe that such barnlng was produced by the Inspiration of the flsme . —In consequence of the sudden illness of one of the jurymen the coroner wat compelled again to - "Mourn the court .
Exetk . — A . 8 k 1 b _ le _ Detectid—On Monday , a man called en a tradesman In this city , who It a general dealer , and offered to supply him with a quantity of tobacco , of which he produced a sample . After tome conversation , tbe shopkeeper agreed to take 301 b , at Is . 0 J . per lb . In the evening the man called with a parcel , stating that he had brought the tobacco ; he was desired to show that It was exact to the sample , on which , readily acquiescing , he out open the tap of the bag and displayed a small portion of tobaceo , adding
that he hoped hit friend would be satisfied with the quality , The tradesman told him he had board of so much roguery going on that he should like to prove other parts of the bag , which he held firmly ia his grasp . Upon this tha fellow instantly bolted . As might have been expected , tbe bag , on examination , was found filled with sawautt , excepting at the top , where there were a few ounces of tobacco . The man was dressed in a pilot cloth coat and trewsert , had earrings lu his ears , and rings en his fingers , and represented that he was captain of the Maria from Jersey ,
Atteufted Bobdebt ahd Mcbdeb , —An attempt at robbery and murder occurred , on the morning of Sunday last , at Brickeudoabnry Hall , near Hertford , the realeecoe of Mr Ruf Bell Ellis , the East India director . Mr Ellis and a party of friends were ont shooting on Saturday over tbe Briokondon Manor , and had a very sao . cessfol day ' s vport . The larder at the hall wat in con . tequence well stocked with game . Some thieves , who , it seems , were aware of tbis , and bad some knowledge of the premltet , formed the project of carrying off the whole of tbe game , and for that purpose visited the premises about two o ' clock on the morning of Sunday . Tbey got into an inner yard , and broke open tha door of the lardar . A large dog was at liberty In tho yard , but the thieves managed to keep him silent . A tmall
dog , however , that was kept in tbo harness bouse , maintained such an ineesssnt barking that a ' groom . who slept in the tame building got out of bed , opened the door cautiously , and peeped out , In order to ascertain whether anything was wrong . He perceived that the gates were open , and that a man stood near them , evidently watching . Another man was proceeding towards him from the inner yard , laden with the contents of the larder . Almost at the tame Instsnt the groom heard the report of a gun close ts bim , and felt tbe fheh upon his heal and face . He drew back mechanically , when a man whom he could scarcely perceive through the smoke , said , Ton have disturbed ns before , snd we meant to give it yon this time , ' or words to t >> at effiot , and then disappeared after his companion ? , wbo had fled on hearing the report , The groom suffered no injury , but the bullet was embedded 2 . inches , deep in Ihe door post , and from tbe height of tbe perforation It Is certain that tor bullet must have passed quite close to
his head . Two men and two boys have been taken into custody on suspicion of being concerned In the affair . Tbe prisoners all reside In a low locality at Hllford . Ooeof the men , named Clarke , was found in his bed on Sunday morning by the police . He owned at once that be had been out all night , but said he had bean poaching , with his neiibbsur , Edward Willis . A gun which had been recently discharged , and a score of game nets , were found In hit house . The pollta next visited the aboae of Willis , and he too acknowledged that he had been out all night , The sheas of the two men are said to cones , pond with tho footmarks left by tbe would . be aisasjina . Hocks or Laujiir in Edimbubob—On Friday a meeting was held in Brighton Strett Chapel for the pur . pote of taking measures to forward the mevement orlgi . nated by the London journeymen bakers tosboliih night work and shorten the hours of labour . The Lord Pro . vost occupied the chair . Tbe meeting wat addressed by several ministers aad others , and resolutions were adopted in accordance with tho object of the meeting .
LiiKABD . —A letter bas reached town , announcing thatMrSekewich has withdrawn from contesting this borough , so that Mr Crowder ' s return Is now secure . The Speaker cf the House of C jmmoas gives notice In Tuesday night ' s Ojzette that the new writ fur thi borough of Lteheard will be issued at the snd of fourteen dsya after the 9 . h intt . Coal Roddeeies at Wioan . —J < ihn Bleatdale , who Stands charged with a most extensive robbery of coal at Wigan , and who abtconded about twelve months ago ,
bas been apprehended by one of tbe London detectives , and waa taken to Wigan on Sunday last , The prisoner , it will be remembered , was a coal proprietor , and it Hargcd with hivlog obtained , through dishonest working of bis pit , many thousand tons from under the parish church and churchyard , and one or two of tbe principal streets . Henry Bleasdale ( his nephew ) , manager of the works , snd Enoch Gn-ubaw , underlooker at tha del . Hery , were in custody for trial at the lost Liverpool March Assize , but were discharged , there being no evidence showing their complicity .
The Elopkent raoM Chobiet . —Oa Monday afternoon week some hundreds of persons wero seen wending their way towards Burgh Hall , to witness the liberation ' of Miss E . Doric , a report bayl-gbeen circulated that the husband , Ellis Norrls , was going to feteh her out , her guardians having agreed to allow him to take her under bit protection , Tho report , however , was without any foundation , and the multitude were disappointed in their expectations , as Mr Seed , the owner of the asylum where she la , positively asserts that he will not resign , her without the approbation of her guardians .
Thb Wboiejaie Swindlihs —Thefaml ' y of swindler * , Maris , Ann and Joseph Wbltehouse , alias Green , whose capture we noted recently , were again brought op to tho Manches-. er B > routh Court , on Monday last . —Mt Beay , of tbe Liverpool Guardian Society , stated that a number of other cases of swindling by the prisoners bad been discovered , but they were similar to tbOSO already Investigated , and hitherto tbey had not been able to find tbe huerand of Mrs Whltobouse . Hi had , therefore , no additional evidence to produce on that part of the charge , —Mrs Buxton repeated tho evidence the had previously given , respecting the towel missed from her home , and Identified by her littlo girl ; but it was not thought to be sufficiently conclusive to warrant the prisoners' committal on that alone , Mr It ; ay then preferred a charge against Maria Whltehouse ( tho mother ) and Ann ( tbe daughter ) for pissing base coin at Liverpool . —Mrs Bit . cheli , of Waterloo , Liverpool , was called , and stated that
the younger prisoner bought a pound of sugar in her shop , on tbe evenlsg of Friday , the 28-h of January lest , for which she paid o counterfeit 5 s . piece , the baseness of tbe coin being discovered Immediately after she left the shop , —Mrs Bummer stated that she lived abont a mile from the last witness , and she was paid a base Ss . pteoe at nine o ' clock the same Bight , for some coffee ; she believed It was paid her by the elder prisoner , but she was aot positive , A baker residing near the tame neighbourhood wat also paid a bate 5 s , piece for tome bread , He believed H was the younger prisoner frem whom he received it , but ho would not undertake to sp ; ak positively . Mr Maude said , he Should discbarge the prisoners as far as his jurisdiction was concerned , and leave Mr Resy to sot as ho thought proper with respect to the matter . Mr Beay then had the younger prisoner taken into custody , the mother and son being liberated ,
Isib of Mam , —Couhion at Pea , —Oa Friday , December 8 ' . h , the galliot , Jane of Whitehaven , Jcaklnson , master , put Into Ramsey hatbbur , dltabled , with jatds carried amy , and about three feet of water In tho hold , an ! takisg In ropldiy . Abaut three o ' clock , a . m ., when about fifteen miles of Manghold Head , she came in con-CUSSlOS With Another galliof , as bp ' . h . vessels , were on oppoaite tacks , the wind blowing S . S . E ., < jnd ibus became disabled , and received some injury ou ihe larbuard bow , a little below . water mark , with the chain bol ' * s ofthej mlzenmast of the other veaflel __ S _ e theniac-ed-to _> I-1 jw the vessel , bnt she had gone too groat a disia ice at the time , eo she made for Bsinsey . The crew tup , " "" e ttat the galliot was the Bj . row of Whitehaven , Mo ff . ' 1 !
,N,M*I,Moruln_,- Bout. V^To^ J, ,Men.Men...
masts * both vmhIs Itft that port at tea p , n ,, en Than . day , and were coal laden fer Kingstown . It It net known what hat become of ths Barrow ; the Jane taw a veifsl towards ths satt , but sould not discern her correctly , and a smack having arrived at Ramsey reports that the taw a tohoontr , with a mast carried away , making for Whitehaven . Essex —Dhiask AHOirosr Hojses . —Tha disease amongst hortet has again made Its appearance In some parts of Essex . Mr Wright , maltter , of Fyfield , hat lost one valuable hers ? . and ! has several others affected .
Ireutrtr.
IreUtrtr .
Joai Packiko.—The Demonstration Against ...
Joai Packiko . —The demonstration against the practice of Jury packing Is being worked with unceasing energy . The memorial hat received the signatures , up tO this . day , Of thirty peers , members of parliament , deputy lieutenants , and megtatratet ; of seven Roman Catholic prelates ; of twenty-tlx dignitaries of that church ; of tbe professors of four Roman CathaUo col . leges , and of the majority of tha corporations of Dublin , Waterfbrd , Wexford , Drogheda , and Galway , betides large numbers of other signatures from those places . The W _ a _ KS mentions a more lawless premonition SgSlntt 'jury packing '—Mr Ksmmle , the crown solicitor , was favoured a day or two since with the deposit at his hall door of a human thul ) .
Escape of Mb 0 'Mahont . —It Is announced that Mr John O'Mahony , of whose esplolts , In connexion vtlth the late attempt at disturbance aear Curragbmore and Its neighbourhood , ss much bas been hoard , has « a . caped to France , whence be has written to hia friends here , ' Tbe only party in the position of a leader ia those troubles now at large and in the country , is Mr Harnett , the alleged projector of tbe stoppage of tbe mail at Ab . beyfeale , Mr Pennington , the ship agent , who bad given Mr M'Manus a passage under auspicious circum . stances , and tbe only political prisoner remaining In Cork gaol , hat been admitted to baU by the local magistrates , by whom he had been In the first instance committed .
COFFE SraiKT Savings' Bahk—Mr Pratt ' s Inqglry has terminated for the present without any satisfactory result , as far as the unfortunate depositors are con . oerned , This hut been caused by the refusal of the trustees and managers to produce the books of the bauk for the impaction of Mr Pratt and the gentlemen wbo are acting on behalf of the depositors . T bo facts , as far as the ; have yet been ascertained , present'this ttranje and astounding aspect ;—lu May last , when the bank stopped payment , upwards of £ 18 , 000 were due to depositors , to meet which It Is stated that onl y £ 83 were forthcoming , Ths questions naturally arise—what hat been done with tbe money thus intrusted to tbe managers of the Institution t What has been the cause of a defi . cienoy to enormout and to startling ! How is
restitution t « be made to tbe humble and ladattriout classes of our felW clttssns , whose bird earnings cava thus mysteriously disappeared ? No adequate explanationor , Indeed , any explanation at all—has yet been offered by the trustees . On the contrary , they have refuted all explanation—refused to open their books ; and as a cover for this refusal , have challenged the jurisdiction of Mr Pratt . The consequence was , that after hearing evidence which established the claims of certain depositee to the amount of £ 2 , 000 , Mr Pratt has been obliged to adjourn the investigation , until the Court of f . < een ' s Bench thai ! have determined the question of jurisdiction , and compelled the production ef the books , without which the transactions of the bank cannot be thoroughly silted , or the truth ascertained .
A-AS-INO » T _ rr or S-ibbebeiiv Poos House . —The total number now in the Sktbbereen Puor House and lis auxiliary houses Is about 4 , 230 , Of this number the three auxiliary houses In tbe town and at Deells accommodate abeut 950 . The remaining 3 , 280 are dieted In the poor house , and about fifty are sent to a store to sleep . Thus there are permanently lodged In the union poor houee about 2 , 780 . The house was intended when first built to accommodate 800 , Since then three additions ! timber homes have been built on the premises , one of which is inhabited by invalids , and into these three and tbe main boose there arc now crammed by day 3 , 280 and by night 2 , 780 . Every available apartment is made use of as a bed rosm . Iu tbe girl ' s schoolroom , which measures about 27 by 42 feet , about 500 girls spend the
day , breakfast , dine , and about half of the number sleep there , Even the bath room , which measures about nine by sixteen feet , Is made use of as a day room , dining room and bed room , and in this small apartment I found this evening 170 persons , men and women , confines '; there wat scarcely room lor tbem to stand . About seme 509 er 600 persons have been in the houee for the last fortnight without getting the house dress , and in the filthy rags which they brought In with them . The air in the apartments la which these are kept Is intolerable . Others who have been in tbe home for some time , and have got the drest , have not changed a shirt for the last month , and others have to go shirtless whilst their shirts are being washed . Disease has already commenced to increase in the home ; and In the Infirmary tbe number in each bed varies from two to th . —Ccrk Examiner .
Mibiko ih the Nosth . —The Be . fast Whig contains the following interesting report with regard to the commencement of mining operations on an extensive sole by ah English company in tbe county of Antrim ; the event is one of contideraWe importance , at least In th « north or Ireland : —* For upwards of twtlve months past certain English capitalists have been engaged in making preliminary explorations of the extensive mineral basin on the north-east coast of Antrim , which has a sea benndary from Torhead to tbe Bay of Ballycastle , and runs several miles Inland . The [ whole of this basin , comprising many thousand acres , is held nnder lease from the Earl of Antrim . Active investigations have discovered , In the Ballycastle section of the property , beds or veins of Iron stone , some of which are two feet
nine Inches thick , of a quality equal , If not superior , we learn , to the celebrated black band of the wast of Soot . land . The seams of coal viry from two feet six inches te tlx feet In thickness , and embrace slmwt every variety , from the rich and bituminous produce ef the north Oi England , to tbe anthracite or blind coal of Wales , The colliery walob bas just been opened lies contiguous to Murlough Bay , a fine natural harbour , extending from Torhead , on tho south , to a point near Pairhoad en the north . The bay bas seven fathoms' depth of water beyond a ledge of rock jutting from Its csntre , and at which , In the olden times , coal and agricultural produce were exported for the consumption of the coast . The colliery works are situated near tbe base of oae Of the spurs of the range of lofty basaltic hills , the loftiness and grandeur of which are exceeded only by the wondert of tbe Causeway . Three seams of coal have been opened
by meant of adits or levels , which are driven into the side of the hill , and the produce Is conveyed by means of railways to a drop or jetty , whioh will be used for temporary shipment until the construction of a pier uprn a large scale ( for which , we understand , the working plans are being prepared ) at the point in the bay already Indicated . Tuesday last btlog appointed for the opening ef ^ his solitary , several gentlemen visited tbe works and expressed much satisfaction with the quality of the coil aad the facility of working It , and with the arrangements made for Its shipment . The Inhabitants of Ballycastle , naturally much interested in the erection of the works , and In the Intended benefit to tbe immediate district , testified their respect for the Ecglitk company by illu mtnatlng their plctureique little town b y tho Wszing of tar barrels , the parading of bands of music through ths streets , and other modes of rejoicing . There wat alio a tolerably good display of fireworks .
• VoioHTAai' KvicrwMs . —Lord G ' . engall ' e tenantry are quitting his lordship ' s property . Scare J y a nigst elapses but some tenant , dreading eviction and feeling the pressure of tho rent and poor-rates , makes bis escape to some seaport , carrying with him all he can collect . Lord Olengall Is said to regret tbe departure of his te . nantry . andto be Inclined to make abatements if tbey would remaic , His lordship ' s generosity , boweve- , comes ' too late . ' He will shortly , It is taid , have 00 acres to himself , to till , to crop , and pay the poer , ates . A Cans , lot or VieuMcn In Limerick has ended In a murder , A tew days sicca , s man named Nicholson , was returning from the la firmary of Limerick , whither he had been to fetch home his brother , who had been a patient there , when he wat attacked by a party with whom he bad had some quarrel , and such injuries were inflicted on him as to oaasa his death .
Thxeb Men accuses or Moinia , committed eight mombt since , have been arrested in the Duharroir moon * tains , The unhappy victim in this affair was a man named Beyltt , He was returning from prayers on a Sunday , and being overtaken by rain , he directed his steps to a neighbouring house for shelter .. This home wat , it appears at the moment In tbe hands of a party which had attacked it . The ' . r sentinels warned him not to approach , but Bovilt , not heeding . the warning , went on and was shot dead at he entered the home An AmcTitra Incidswi is related by a Donegal paper . A few nights since a young boy and hia sister returning from Pettigo , homeward , had to cross a mountain , The sight was dark and stormy , aad they lost their way . Next morning both were found dead from tbe exposure . The boy and girl ley aide by tide—the latter with her arm round her brother ' s neck , and her fliuael petticoat removed from her own person was wrapped round his feet , Thus did the ortature , perhaps , sacrifice her own life In a vain i ffort to sustain that of her brother .
Tbial or Ma Doff ? —The coraralssiea was opened on Wednesday , befere Justice Petrin , The grand jut ; having been sworn , Justice Perrln proceeded to deliver bis charge to tbem . There wss nothing in his obserratlons to call for particular remark ; ao much the less , in * deed , is this necessary , as his lordship , in directing his observations to theisae ot Mr Duffy , quoted a passate from the charge of Mr Justice Blackburne , already published . Mr Smith O'Brien , and the other parties convicted at Clonmcl , remain at Richmond Bridewell . There is a very general rumour that tho judges of the Qieen ' s Bench ate vraam-out against the prisoners on the writs of error ; and that In case of a unanimous decision of that court in favour of tbo crown , the Attorney General will withhold the requisite sanc . lon for the prostoutkm of an appeal to the House of Inrds .
Tdh Pooa Law .-tA movement of an important oha . rao' . er , having referenced the much canvassed poor law , Is about to take place . - It has been for some time in contemplation , and has at length been decided on . lthat rtpresenta tiveavfrom the several boards of- guardloca throughout tho ceantry will assemble in Dublin in stout a fortn ' ght from this time , to discuss among themselves
the objections to the working of the poor law , which m many localities usw stem to keenly to feel ; Watte *** they shall adopt as their judgment , It Is Intended i _ . ii be laid before the txecutlvs for its loformatlsn prepara . tory to that amendment of ths law which it not only «_ . visable but Inevitable , and with which parliament at lu opening will ba catted upo * to deal . Thlt moveann ' is of so y raotical s nature that there can be little doubt the aathorltUs will receive Ms recommendations * jh , great attention , Meanwhile , it it consoling to and that , whersver the ownert snd occupiers of land era doing their duty In . affording employment , the poor Isw is regarded as a valuable auxiliary .
lHpaoYE _ SHT of Ibeiahd . —A warrant hu b ; en receiver ! from tbe Treasury by the Board of Works , directing that Instead of repaying Into tho Exchequer tbe in . ttalmentt of the P amine Loan new In the hands of tbe beard snd wbleh exceed ihe turn of £ 380 , 000 that this money may Sis re . ltmed upon proper security to tbe Una owners iu the several counties which have paid it f 0 r the purpoiet of drainage and other meant of improving the land . No applications from persons resident iu counties in arrear to be complied with .
The Late Appalling Loss Op Life On Board...
THE LATE APPALLING LOSS OP LIFE ON BOARD A STEAMER . Tha following atatement has been officially mad © by Captain Johnstone , the master of the Londonderry : — . ' By this public instrument of protest , he it made known and manifest , that . on the 4 h day of December , 1848 , before me , William Scott , notary pubiic . by lawful authority , duly admitted and sworn , practising and residing in the City of Londonderry , personally appeared Alexander Johnstone , master or oomtnarider of the staam-veasel Londonderry , of Londonderry , of the burthen of 277 ton ' s , who did declare , and sver for truth , that oh- Friday , the 1 st dsy of December , 18 i 8 , the said vessel , then lying at Sligo , and being in stout and staunch order , repair , and condition
, her engines iu particularly good order , tbe vessel well found , provided , and equipped , and in every respect eea-wortby for the prosecution of their intended voyage ta Liverpool . At eight a . m ., having taken on board a part of their cargo , consisting of sundry goods and merchandise , under deck , and a number of cows , bullocks , and sheep , on deck ; at half-past eight a . m , they , with a pilot on board , proceeded from the quay ot Sligo te Oyster Island , where they were to come to . to take on board the passengera and luggage , together with a farther portion of cargo , and about twenty . six pigs that awaited tbem there . At a qsarter-pait nine they arrived at Oyster Island , and the passengers commenced coming on board , and continued so doing until abf . ut noon , when the vessel
was again ready for sea ; but , in consequence of the tide ebbing and the wind changing to W . S . W ., with squalls , the pilot found It impossible to cant , tbe ship ' s head to seaward without plsciug her in imminent danger . Ther were , therefore , under the necessity of continuing at Oyster Island until about half-past four , when the canted with the tide , and the pilot got tbe ship under weigh , and took he r outside the Metal Man when he left her . At the time the ship got under weigh , there was , according to the pilot ' s mark , about' fifteen feet water on tha bar , before which the vessel could not have crossed it with safety . About twenty minutes past five crossed the bar and proceeded to sea , the wiod ( hen blowing west a stiff bretzo . Continued their voyage without
any material occurrence until eight o ' clock ; the sea at this time rough , and the vessel pitching ; the spray was breaking over tho deck ; the man who kept the watch forward came to Appearer aad informed him the companjon-lid of the steerage had worked cfF with the pitching of the vessel , and could not be found . Appearer told the second mate to take the tarpauling off the luggage and cover it over the companion to prevent the water from going below , which , was accordingly done , from which time until ten o ' clock the wind increased , blowing from W . to W . N . W ., andtne tea rose , causing tho ship to pitch and roll greatly . A ? pearer obliged to keep constantly near the wheel , directing the management of the ship , except when he bad to go to the cabin to
consult the chart , and see the ship s way . At this time the mate came to Appearer , and informed him that the weather had carried the tarpaulin , again off the companion , and that he had taken the carpenter ; with a liKht , forward to secure it . In proceeding , they found the slide or top , and replaced it on the companion , and railed the tarp . iuling over it , so that the slide could not again be washed off , leaving the door-way quite open , the door having bean carried away . At midnight it blew a hurricane—the sea increasing and breaking over the deck . Found the cattle had broken adrift with the heavy motion of the ship , and were rolling about ; a number of the sheep were dead , and cows in a dying state . At this time , supposed the ship to be between Teelicg Head and
Arranmore , with ' * good offing , the gale every moment increasing , Appearer never being able to leave the man at the wheal , the vessel plashing violently , and sea breaking over her fore and aft . At two o ' clock it blew a perfect hurricane , the ship pitching and rolling tremendously , with an awful sea breaking over the deck , and filliBg it with water , carrying away the starboard after gangway . At half . pssc two the vessel appeared in great danger . Galled the chief mate to consult wha # was best to be done for the preservation of ths vessel , oarge , and the lives of all on board ' , en which it was judged advisable to relieve the vessel aa much as possible by throwing overboard a quantity' ot the mussels in bags off the deck , which waa accordingly done : and if that wai
not feund sufficient , to throw tho cattle overboard ,. and clear the deck—the ship then being in very great danger of foundering—the gale still continuing with increased vio ' ence , hea . vy squalls of snow and bail ,. and the veesel'laboUring heavily . At half-past four ,, with the greatest difficulty and danger , they got the ship before the wind , which eased her a little—supposing at that time Tory Island to bear about east fifty miles . About five o ' clock , the mate came to Appearer , and informed him that to his knowledge there were four or five people dead in the steerage , and to take charge of the deck until he , ( the r _ ate )> would go forward to see what more had happened , and to assist the passengers . Appearer then took , oharge of the steering of the ship on hearing this
report frem tbe mate , and gave him . -orders that all hands , tven to tho man on the look-out , should immediately go forward and assist the passengers , bringing all that could come , and were alive , aft to the cabin , and every other part of tho ship thty could be distributed into , to relieve and save them , which was instantly done , and every succour possible rendered for their comfort . Many of the passengers were carried aft bv tho crew , the wind still from W . N . W . to-N . ft , and blowing a terrific gale . Carried on their course till nino o ' clock en the morning of Saturday , when Appearer discovered the'Island of Arraurnor © on thelee-bw , about eight miles distant—hauled ( he ship to tbo wind , fearing she wonld not weather Arranmore , from the violence of the storm . Whea
Appearer found , about ten o clock , that the vessel waa clear of Arranmore , he then bare away , before the wind , for Tory ; still violent squalls , and the sea tremendous , requiring often Appearer and two or three men at the wheel . At half-pastll made Tory Wand a-head , passed through the Sound , and at two p . m ., shaped his course for Intrahull , intending to run for Lough Foyle , being ' the first ' harbour of safety they could make under the circumstances . Passed through the Sound of Istrahull , about seven p . m ., with a tremendous seal and ship steering very wild . About twenty minutes past nine p . m . i got a pilot on board , who took charge of and brought the ship to anchor in MoW ' tlle Bay , about ten p . m .. where he obliged
the ship to remain till daylight on the morning of Sunday , when they got under weigh and came to at the steam-boat quay at Londonderry . Appearer immediately sent ter the police and to the ageat of the steamer , to acquaint the authorities . Su & n after the police came on board , when . Appearer informed them of the unfortunate circumstances that had ; taken place , on which the officer and police took oharge of the passengers and the dead bodies . And this Appearer , Alexander Johnstone , . most solemnly declares , that in and during the aforesaid voyage , he used hia utmost and best endeavoura for the preserva » tion of his said vessel , ' and the Uvea oi the passengers and crew , by his constant and unremitting at * tention to the management and steerage of the
shipwhich , in such an unprecedented hurricare , required his greatest energy and exertion to accomplish , for , if negleoted'for the shortest period , or mismanaged by the least inattention , she must have inevitably foundered . "Appearer also solemnly declares that ,-irom the morning he left Sligo till be arrived in Londonderry , he never once had his clothes or bnots off , nor did he ei er lie down or sleep . And further declares , that'hisusdivided care and attention ' was devoted solely to the management ef the ship and saving of all on board , and that' the loss of life which occur , el on board during the vojage , to the best oi Appearor ' s knowledge and belief , arose from the number of passengers that entered and remained iu the steerage , from the tempestuous state of the wee . ' ther , and from heavy sea sickness experienced by the passengers , and bad air arising / mm tbe number con ' greeted together in so small a place , and being unable to leave the steerage from their extreme
debility , and the tempestuous state of the weather . And this Appearer having desired an act of me , the said notary , to serve and avail hiinsolf withal , when and where occasion may require : wherefore I , the said notary , do hereby protest against the winds , weather , and stormy sea » , whioh the said vessel met with and encountered on her late voyage from , Sligo to Liverpool , in and by io o n cf whioh there was so great o loss of life , and against all other matters and things against whioh it may be necessary to protest , for all losses , costs , damages , and expenses already suffered or sustained , or that may hereafter be suffered or sustained by reason of tha premises aforesaid . Given under my hand and seal of office thb 7 th of December , 1848 . Which I attest ,. ¦ . , ., - ( 8 igned ) . , ; . * . Aie ^ mk Jou . vstonf . ( Seal ) . ( Signed ) Wiiiuu Scott , Not . Pub . . . 'Baikwas'offered , to the niagistrntea on the 6 ; h instant , on behalf of tho captain and : two mates , but , under the peculiar oireumsta-ces of the case , " was daclined ,
-
-
Citation
-
Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 16, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_16121848/page/6/
-